|
Welcome to the September 2006 Children's Workers' newsletter. |
If you are anything like us in the MethodistChildren office then you are up to your eyes in new ideas and new work as the session gets under way. It's amazing how quickly the year slips by and the seasons change before us. This month we bring news of a great new service for 9-13's and also updates on pieces of work for the new session. The Training page on the website is packed with new events and we are always happy to receive more at children@methodistchurch.org.uk
mctxt4u
Text Join to 07786205203 from 1st October 2006! |
mctxt4u is a great new weekly free text service being launched by the Methodist Children team aimed at 9-13s. The launch will be in October. New promotional material will be available soon, including business cards quoting the text2 details and how to join. 9-13s can start texting the number from 1st of October and texts will start during that week.Journey
Church, Circuit, District and Connexion all have parts to play in making it successful, but how? These two questions get practical answers in documents that will be coming to your church as part 2 of the Link mailing this month. Grants have helped us write and publish the MAYC Curriculum and the MethodistChildren Journey; each clarifies what we are trying to achieve and looks at how we can best succeed. The worksheets at the end of the Journey will help groups of all ages use the booklet to be clear about the sort of things they want to do and how to get them done; the poster in the middle helps you keep in touch. |
What's The Methodist Church really trying to do in its children's and youth work?Halloween
Not only do we have FIVE free copies of the book to give away to e-news readers but we have also put together a new Halloween web page on the site for you to read up all about Halloween. Our thanks to those at Church House Publishing for this great giveaway! To win a copy of the book be one of the first to send us the answer to this question at the usual address, children@methodistchurch.org.uk: If you don't win you can always buy the book from Church House Publishing for £9.99, ISBN 0-7151-4101-5 visit www.chpublishing.co.uk Visit our NEW Halloween page on the web! |
Our friends at Church House Publishing have just published Better than Halloween which has been written by Nick Harding, Diocesan Children's Adviser in Southwell. JMA update
The move of JMA resources mailing from Methodist Church House to Methodist Publishing House has largely gone well. The turn round of orders seems to be quicker and orders are logged on the computer so that queries can be sorted out speedily. A reminder of MPH phone number – 01733 325002. We do still have a small stock of the old-style badges so do please ring if your collectors still need these. They are not available from MPH. We hope you are enjoying the newly designed 2006 material, including certificates, target chart, and promise poster, and that you find the ‘Give it Away’ all age worship order inspiring for your JMA service. We are always keen for any feedback on how things are working for you locally and any ideas on ways in which we could help further. |
Rainbow and FUN mailing should be completed by the end of this week. We are very pleased with this issue and hope you and the children you work with enjoy it too. Do please let us know if you require more copies – we are trying to spread the word on mission education for children much wider than JMA collectors groups. If you are not on the list then you can download it from the |
Watch Your Language If you work with young people with speech, language and communication impairments or want to make sure you and your team are ready if the situation arises, you will want to know about these training opportunities and website. For further information visit www.afasic.org.uk |
You may remember that in last month's e-news we told you about MAYC's new World Action resource about recycling I Love the World. We had hoped to send one copy of this resource out in all our FUN mailings but due to demand there weren't enough copies for everyone. So, apologies to those who were disappointed, but we have been able to get hold of the PDF of the resource and are delighted to offer it to all of you here as well as on the website! Download I Love the World here PDF Files(2396 KB) |
World Action - I Love the World Roots Children and Young People Roots Children and Young People is the most commonly used learning material in The Methodist Church so we support Roots as much as we can. Roots Worship, is looking for a new editor, so we are joining the search. The editors work mostly from home, so please pass this information on to anyone you know who might be interested. The advert is appearing in the press this week (Guardian 5.9 & on their website, Church Times, C of E newspaper, Baptist Times and Methodist Recorder) and on various church-related and charity websites. All the details (advert, task specification, application form) are on the Roots website: www.rootsontheweb.com The deadline is 22nd September. |
Bible Sunday Bible Sunday is an annual opportunity for churches to celebrate the role of the Bible in worship and daily life. The Bible Society has produced a range of free resources to help churches mark Bible Sunday on 29th October or whenever works best for them. The 2006 resources include an all age talk, prayers, activities, a sermon outline and interactive resources. There is also help for churches preparing for activities commemorating the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act - 200 years after it became law on 25 March 1807 including a very useful 36-page information and study resource 'The Unchaining Word'. To download or order resources visit www.biblesunday.org |
CORE & Companions
Another new publication that we will feature more heavily in next month's e-news is a new resource for Children's Workers being published by MPH. The resource is intended for using with small groups of children during Advent or |
.jpg)
After what seems like years of work and months of mentioning CORE in the e-news it is finally going to be launched this weekend at the CORE Skills Conference.
some other special church season. The book is a resource to help workers guide children on a spiritual journey and come complete with a cd-rom. The authors, Steve Pearce and Doug Swanney, say that this is a unique resource to the UK and Ireland and will offer a very alternative and exciting way to working with children in local churches. See the |
If
you require any further information please contact us on children@methodistchurch.org.uk MethodistChildren is part of the Connexional Team of the |
